Mackinac County Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Michigan, United States}}
{{distinguish|Mackinac Island Airport}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Mackinac County Airport
| image =
| FAA = 83D
| type = Public
| owner = Mackinac County Board of Commissioners
| operator =
| city-served = St. Ignace, Michigan
| location =
| elevation-f = 624
| coordinates = {{coord|45|53|29|N|084|44|17|W|region:US-MI_type:airport_scale:10000}}
| website =
| pushpin_map = USA Michigan#USA
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Michigan
| pushpin_label = 83D
| pushpin_label_position = top
| r1-number = 7/25
| r1-length-f = 3,800
| r1-surface = Concrete
| stat-year = 2021
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 33,050
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 11
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=83D|use=PU|own=PU|site=10313.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. effective December 28, 2023.
}}
Mackinac County Airport {{airport codes|||83D}} is a county-owned public-use airport in Mackinac County, Michigan, United States. It is located {{convert|2|nmi|mi km}} northwest of the central business district of St. Ignace. It is the closest airport to Mackinac Island Airport with a refueling station, and is a major stopover destination for flights to and from Mackinac Island that require refueling. The airport is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.{{cite web|title=List of NPIAS Airports|url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/NPIAS-Report-2017-2021-Appendix-A.pdf|website=FAA.gov|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|accessdate=23 November 2016|date=21 October 2016}}
The airport received $30,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation in 2020 as part of the CARES Act to help mitigate the effects of the covid-19 pandemic.{{Cite news |date=April 14, 2020 |title=USDOT announces nearly $23M for Upper Michigan airports in response to COVID-19 |work=Upper Michigan's Source |url=https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/USDOT-announces-nearly-23M-for-Upper-Michigan-airports-in-response-to-COVID-19-569630731.html |access-date=February 11, 2023}}
Facilities and aircraft
Mackinac County Airport covers an area of {{convert|200|acre|ha}} at an elevation of {{convert|624|ft|m}} above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with a concrete surface measuring {{convert|3,800|by|75|ft|m}}.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 33,050 aircraft operations, an average of 90 per day: 54% general aviation, 45% air taxi and <1% military. In December 2021, there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 10 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.
Incidents and accidents
- On August 2, 1994, a Grumman HU-16 seaplane originating from Mackinac County Airport registered as N7025N collided with a moored boat in the north cove of St. Helena Island, near St. Ignace, Michigan. The pilot and boat operator had prearranged to meet in the cove. The airplane received minor damage, and the pilot, co-pilot, and seven airplane passengers reported no injuries. Two adults and a four-year-old child received minor injuries immediately prior to the collision when they were abandoning the boat. Another child remaining on the boat was fatally injured.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001206X01985&key=1&queryId=d82e3596-3eed-4e69-8d75-1fca2cd6555d&pgno=1&pgsize=50|title = Chi94Fa262}}
- On July 13, 2010, a privately owned Beechcraft Baron 58, registered as N3081N, en route from Mackinac Island Airport to Chicago Executive Airport crashed shortly after takeoff from Mackinac County Airport where it had stopped to refuel. Four Israeli-American citizens were killed, and another was seriously injured.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/International/4-killed-in-Michigan-plane-crash|title = 4 killed in Michigan plane crash}}
- On December 3, 2011, a Great Lakes Air Piper Cherokee Six registered as N33315 en route from Mackinac County Airport crashed upon approach to Mackinac Island Airport. The pilot and sole passenger died upon impact. The Coast Guard commenced a search and rescue operation to recover the down aircraft, locating it in a wooded area approximately 1.6 miles north of runway 83D. The victims were Tom Phillips of Kirkland, Washington, an Amazon Executive, and pilot Joseph Phillips, Jr. of St. Ignace. The pilot's error to properly judge weather conditions was named as the cause of the crash.{{cn|date=September 2020}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120728124124/http://www.mackinaccounty.net/departments/airport-manager.html Airport page] at Mackinac County website
- {{cite web|url= http://michigan.gov/documents/aero/Saint_Ignace_385710_7.pdf |title=Saint Ignace, Mackinac Co. (83D) }} at Michigan DOT Airport Directory
- [http://www.greatlakesair.net/ Great Lakes Air], the fixed-base operator (FBO)
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=45.8914&lon=-84.7381&w=900&h=600&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of April 1998] from USGS The National Map
- {{FAA-procedures|83D}}
{{US-airport-minor|83D}}
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